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george w. bush said that. >> he understood statesmanship. what was happening yesterday was an american moment. not a democratic or a republican moment. it was a very important moment in the history of this country to mark it. we know a lot of people who had been there in 1963 will never be there again. what a historic moment to see the people together celebrating progress and looking to the future, and to say, essentially by not showing up, it is not that important, as a moment in american history. >> well, i think they will have a harder time making the sale. karen finney and jonathan capehart, thank you for joining us. >>> coming up, what the fbi thought of the march on washington 50 years ago. and the phrase they used to describe martin luther king jr. after hearing his speech. >>> and the man who may be the next mayor of new york city joins me just ahead. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine ce
george w. bush said that. >> he understood statesmanship. what was happening yesterday was an american moment. not a democratic or a republican moment. it was a very important moment in the history of this country to mark it. we know a lot of people who had been there in 1963 will never be there again. what a historic moment to see the people together celebrating progress and looking to the future, and to say, essentially by not showing up, it is not that important, as a moment in...
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let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i liked years ago. i wish he we had that years ago. we don't like the guy. he has bad friends. >> he is trying not to get in obama's way and not to play a role in this. i was funny was elite level trolling by donald rumsfeld. he said the president hasn't made the case for war, which just set off people on the left, right and center all over the place. when you have donald rumsfeld questioning your intelligence and your case for going to war in the middle east, i mean, i think that's trolling on a level. >> they all belong where they are with the american enterprise
let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i...
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joining me is george w. bush's security advisor and the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and book author. welcome to both of you. bill richardson, how damaging is it potentially to president obama and his plans for military action in syria that the british government and british prime minister david cameron suffered a defeat in parliament with a clear will from the british people and many members of parliament not to take military action in syria? >> i think the president has to be very careful, and he is being careful. only 25% of the american people support military action in syria. secondly, we have to avoid the iraq war where there are no weapons of mass destruction so you have to have proof. thirdly, the president has to get a broad international coalition, other wise he hands a propaganda victory and assad can say very few countries support the united states with a strike. so i think he has to be deliberate on the military side that the strikes work to our advantage and to find ways to arm the rebels and destroy the command and control centers but at the u.n., too,
joining me is george w. bush's security advisor and the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and book author. welcome to both of you. bill richardson, how damaging is it potentially to president obama and his plans for military action in syria that the british government and british prime minister david cameron suffered a defeat in parliament with a clear will from the british people and many members of parliament not to take military action in syria? >> i think the president has to be very...
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now you can blame george w. bush for a lot of things. i don't think you can blame him for the situation in syria or blame him for president obama doing military strikes in syria because syria has used chemical weapons. again, i wonder if the people who make these arguments understand how tired and stale these arguments are. to blame president bush for the situation in the middle east in every country and to say that president obama has been president for five years, there's no responsibility, i think it's ludicrous. ly say this, these things are complicated. i don't pretend the united states is only -- if you examine the president and his words what he said before he was president at a dawn of his presidency h he will usher in a new dawn by smart power and so forth. he is the one that described the situation in the middle east will be. it's nothing like that. host: let's try one more call from maryann from new jersey on independent line. you will be our last caller with peter wehner. caller: i'm concerned my biggest question that i'm not
now you can blame george w. bush for a lot of things. i don't think you can blame him for the situation in syria or blame him for president obama doing military strikes in syria because syria has used chemical weapons. again, i wonder if the people who make these arguments understand how tired and stale these arguments are. to blame president bush for the situation in the middle east in every country and to say that president obama has been president for five years, there's no responsibility, i...
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poppy bush, george h.w. bush re-declared the war on drugs and arrest numbers related to pot shot through the roof. all the policy changes went in the same direction. more draconian laws. more enforcement. more people arrested. more people in jail. longer sentences. democrats were not much help. president bill clinton advised by the u.s. sentencing commission there was no reason for these to be these hugely increased penalties for the crack kind of cocaine as compared to the powdered kind of cocaine. but he rejected that recommendation and decided to keep the draconian sentencing in place for crack. now, of course, over all these years and all of these presidents and re-declarations of war, there's been no real effect on american drug use. there has just been a vast expansion of the criminal justice system. criminal justice system at its least effective and most intrusive. and it has never seemed like it would ever get any better. if you are 40 years old, say, then your life has spanned the drug war. all of y
poppy bush, george h.w. bush re-declared the war on drugs and arrest numbers related to pot shot through the roof. all the policy changes went in the same direction. more draconian laws. more enforcement. more people arrested. more people in jail. longer sentences. democrats were not much help. president bill clinton advised by the u.s. sentencing commission there was no reason for these to be these hugely increased penalties for the crack kind of cocaine as compared to the powdered kind of...
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in my view, many people in this country, and i fear also your own, tony blare, helped george bush to drive drunk and if it was up to me, i was was in both iraq wars a disastrous invasion of iraq. the problem with this is what is your end point. outrage at the atrocious behavior of the asaad rah jet stream. outrage is not a strategy. >> and there you go. one reason why members of parliament today seeing no end in site to this. now some poll numbers to keep in mind. 2-1 against military action in syria. and here at home the most recent poll taken the week of the chemical attack that was last week, shows that only 25% of americans would support military strikes. >> that's a pretty significant number. on the subject of popular support, there is reason for president obama to tread cautiously here as well. joining us from seattle, is the washington state congressman, he is one of 21 democratic representatives who have asked mr. obama to get congressional approval if he does decide to go forward. congressman, i want to ask you about that motion of popular support, and whether it is there. y
in my view, many people in this country, and i fear also your own, tony blare, helped george bush to drive drunk and if it was up to me, i was was in both iraq wars a disastrous invasion of iraq. the problem with this is what is your end point. outrage at the atrocious behavior of the asaad rah jet stream. outrage is not a strategy. >> and there you go. one reason why members of parliament today seeing no end in site to this. now some poll numbers to keep in mind. 2-1 against military...
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george bush ruined america's credibility when it comes 0 intervention and this is part of the problem that president obama has. he can't go out and get a coalition of the willing so easily anymore because of this country's record of lying to the world, of misstepping, of creating refugees. how do we know this is going to be the right thing to do just because on paper it says it's the moral thing to do? i don't buy it. i haven't seen enough. and i hope it doesn't happen. get your cell phones out. for tonight's question, i ask, the audience again, should the united states take military action against syria ria? >> a for yes, b for no to 67622. you can go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later in the show. i have two exberts on this tonight. this is where america comes to talk, "the ed show." former navy admiral who worked in intelligence, former pennsylvania ef congressman joe ses stack with us and john gar mandy. this is the most we have heard everywhere secretary of state kerry, the most from president obama. today is a big news day. congressman, you first. 78%
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earlier this morning, former president george w. bush weighed in on the president ace options in syria. let's take a listen to what he said. >> the president has got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> oh, e.j. mr. assad has made mischief according to former president george w. bush. >> i don't agree with him much but i'm not a fan of mr. assad. everybody agrees this is a brutal regime. has been going back to the time of his father. of course, the question is what do we do about it? the question has always been asked. there are a lot of brutal regimes in the world. when do we choose to act? when we talk about expecting what john kerry is going to say, if indeed we're acting, i expect him to go back to that very morally rooted language he used a couple of days ago saying we've got no choice but to act when they use chemical weapons. but that still won't explain what the strategy is
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more conservative means for a lot of us don't spend us into debt like george w. bush. don't spend $7 trillion on a medicare drug benefit plan where you don't pay for a single dime of it. don't go around the world and fight every war against every muslim nation that you can find. i've been saying that for 12 years. i've written three books about how we need to be more conservative. the more conservative we're talking about is not the more conservative you're talking about. >> these guys do not consider you one of them. i'm talking about the hard-core out there, which is say big pa part of your party -- >> to kill a mockingbird, if you've walked a mile in my shoes, james carville, you haven't. they're in their underwear in their mom's basements on blogs, may not care for me. i can tell you, when i walk through airports, when i go to little league ball games, when i go shopping, i've got republicans coming up to me hugging me going, thank god, thank god. >> i'm telling you that there is a hard, hard core part of that party that says our problem is not we're conservative e
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bush a former president? >> i do not know that he wasn't invited. >> no republicans and no conservatives. >> tim scott, where is tim scott. >> brunl report was outrages. segregation, nation's only black senator not invited to tim scott. >> allegedly, supposedly, i'm sure it is true. >> till roll call revealed scott was invited and turned it down. >> i'm sorry i made that mistake. it's annoying. i know you guys watch the factor for accuracy. >> there was only one republican who accepted and that was abe lincoln who isn't have much of a choice i suppose sitting up there. >> let's get right to our panel. we're joined by contributor goldie taylor and fresh from the "cycle" toure, coast host of the "cycle." toure, shaun spicer, the spokesman for the republican national committee issued a very interesting statement after tim scott, was he invited imbroglio. he said overlooking tim scott would be like overlooking the president for the state of the union speech. is tim scott at the level of being a president? maybe t
bush a former president? >> i do not know that he wasn't invited. >> no republicans and no conservatives. >> tim scott, where is tim scott. >> brunl report was outrages. segregation, nation's only black senator not invited to tim scott. >> allegedly, supposedly, i'm sure it is true. >> till roll call revealed scott was invited and turned it down. >> i'm sorry i made that mistake. it's annoying. i know you guys watch the factor for accuracy. >>...
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bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonable what what when the cable stations got it what happened is the mike was plugged directly into the cable without any crowd noise so it was i suppose it's the television version of taking it out of context it's not why i lost i lost because i was supposed to win iowa and i came in third and it is the legacy of the campaign which was the renovation of the democratic party was to stand up for something on the internet introduction of high tech and do presidential campaigning so you don't think it ended with the fact that you were you know you're anti iraq war a little bit more radical than your democratic no i think the media had it in for me or this style bush. well i think the establishment may have but i think the media always has it in for the front runner. i mean that's what that's why this is that's why hillary had a hard time in two
bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonable what what when the cable stations got it what happened is the mike was plugged directly into the cable without any crowd noise so it was i suppose it's the television version of taking it out of context it's not why i lost i lost because i was...
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. >> george bush is weighing in. he admits this is a tough choice for president obama but he also adds he's been no fan of the syrian president assad. >> i can comment about this. the president's got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever. backing him up. >> what has syria been like for the u.s. in the eight years you served? the feeling they had in supporting the insurgency, there was no doubt about that, am i correct? >> i was not fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran. he's made mischief. >> made mischief and for a long time he felt toward america. >> and the president will have to make a tough decision. >> what about the rest of the world saying we're not too sure. we're going to wait for the u.n. you've been through that before. >> the president has to make a tough call. i know you're trying to rope me into the issues of the day. i refuse to be roped in. >> assad making mischief. another former president weighing in. jimmy carter says the u.s. should not
. >> george bush is weighing in. he admits this is a tough choice for president obama but he also adds he's been no fan of the syrian president assad. >> i can comment about this. the president's got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever. backing him up. >> what has syria been like for the u.s. in the eight years you served? the feeling they had in supporting the insurgency, there was no doubt about that, am i correct?...
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a lot of it has to do with the fact he was not george bush. he got a nobel prize even before they finished redecorating the white house. but the problem was all he could offer the world, given the state of the american economy, given the fact that america was -- extended in two wars in the middle east and in afghanistan, all he could offer was language, was words. they were powerful words, soaring words, but he couldn't follow that up with any real action. and in syria, he's really been exposed. ironically, the words have come back to haunt him. the language of a man that's so well known for speaking powerful ideas in some ways is now being trapped by his own language. he said bashar al assad has to go. assad hasn't gone. he said red lines will be crossed and there will be consequences. now he's put on the spot. he has to deliver the consequences. it's time for him to act i think in the ieyes of the world. >> you mentioned not just syria but the region and the impact that would have. how does -- to bobby's point, the president at this point by
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about ten years ago george w. bush really wanted to topple hussein. barack obama does not want to topple assad because they're very worried if they do there will be a vacuum of power in syria and it will become a failed state and al qaeda could take over. they're really not trying to get assad out. >> tell us about the point you make about limited engagement. we heard that before. we heard it from president bush. we're hearing it where we expect the president will say this is a very limited situation. >> remember back at that time george w. bush mustered 130,000 troops by the time he made that speech to the american public. in this case you've got maybe five slips off the coast of syria. you have no boots on the ground and it really is an operation that experts expect will last two or three days and twhants it to they want it to be done by the time the president leaves next week. there's always the risk if he uses chemical weapons again, we're going to find ourselves right back where we are now trying to prevent him from killing his own people. >> we
about ten years ago george w. bush really wanted to topple hussein. barack obama does not want to topple assad because they're very worried if they do there will be a vacuum of power in syria and it will become a failed state and al qaeda could take over. they're really not trying to get assad out. >> tell us about the point you make about limited engagement. we heard that before. we heard it from president bush. we're hearing it where we expect the president will say this is a very...
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. >> we heard from george w. bush, he was on fox. he said this, listen to his care fiscal cli carefully constructed words. >> the president has a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. the president has to make a tough call, brian pip kn. i know you're trying to subtley trying to republic me into the issues of the day. i refuse to be roped in. >> in contrast, jimmy carter through the jimmy carter center in atlanta issued a statement saying "a punitive military response without a u.n. security council mandate or broad support from nato and the arab league would be illegal under international law and unlikely to alter the course of the war." two different presidents -- >> do you think president obama is sending him a thank you note? >> he's sending bush a thank you note, not jimmy carter necessarily. >> bush does what he always does, which is -- >> he's been very consistent, says nothing. >>
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in just the same way that tony blare delivered for george bush, that didn't happen. i think it was precisely because of that previous episode that many m.p.'s when they stood up on thursday night here and spoke and gave the reasons why they would be voting the way they were going to said, indicated that they felt sheet been do thatted last time round by dodgy intelligence, being hustled into a premature decision that they lived to regret. i think that is mainly the reason why they decided that they would not go down that route again. the evidence wasn't there and they weren't prepared to jump. >> ok, tim, thank you. that's tim franz reporting from london. patty is in washington. wondering whether that no vote in parliament in london has affected the americans in private at least and whether it will impact obama's decision. >> well, administration officials are still saying that the president is prepared to go it alone, but remember, he told the american people that he was going to build an international coalition. it makes it a much tougher sell, not only losing the
in just the same way that tony blare delivered for george bush, that didn't happen. i think it was precisely because of that previous episode that many m.p.'s when they stood up on thursday night here and spoke and gave the reasons why they would be voting the way they were going to said, indicated that they felt sheet been do thatted last time round by dodgy intelligence, being hustled into a premature decision that they lived to regret. i think that is mainly the reason why they decided that...
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bush all over again i'd go for it but this time without the benefit of their traditional allies britain in britto in france in america anyone supports getting involved in this war as our current us air force how did he want to talk of president obama is making a crude mistake so believe i think he cannot properly comprehend by entering into this war because once he doesn't do it it's going to be much more difficult for him to get out of it british m.p. george galloway thank you for your thoughts on r.t. international tonight. syria's neighbors along with other states in the muslim world don't want any part in a possible that u.s. led military intervention reporting from beirut paula slee is gauging the middle east reaction next. we are receiving unconfirmed reports here in the lebanese media that u.n. investigators have arrived here in beirut from syria they will fly out from here and then they will be meeting on saturday with the u.n. chief banki moon he will then later update the u.n. security council now the big concern of course is how will iran react we have heard from iran that if
bush all over again i'd go for it but this time without the benefit of their traditional allies britain in britto in france in america anyone supports getting involved in this war as our current us air force how did he want to talk of president obama is making a crude mistake so believe i think he cannot properly comprehend by entering into this war because once he doesn't do it it's going to be much more difficult for him to get out of it british m.p. george galloway thank you for your...
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former george w. bush aide and a republican pollster. sara, i want to start with today. john kerry's best speech today may turn out to be historic speech. hillary clinton never made a speech like that as secretary of state ever. they let kerry do it and he delivered. now president obama did not have a formal speech but his remarks really sounded to me like he was pulling back from what kerry did. and i don't know that the american people may be confused. what's your take. >> i think the whole world is confused by what this president is saying and how he's saying. he's the reluctant president on this issue. and when you look at what's going on in syria, and the mess that it is, and mess in some regards by the president's own making. you know, let's remember this isn't the first time assad has used chemical weapons against his people. the president put a bright red line in the sand and then allowed assad to use chemical weapons again a second time. >> right. so, americans don't seem to want to do this, although i'm not sure they one what is it. richard, assess this for me
former george w. bush aide and a republican pollster. sara, i want to start with today. john kerry's best speech today may turn out to be historic speech. hillary clinton never made a speech like that as secretary of state ever. they let kerry do it and he delivered. now president obama did not have a formal speech but his remarks really sounded to me like he was pulling back from what kerry did. and i don't know that the american people may be confused. what's your take. >> i think the...
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bush the iranians were involved in setting up the afghan government in two thousand and one two thousand and two because they had intelligence they want to do and they're going to see if there's a wi-fi and so we have dealt with the iranians before in political settlements and there's no reason we can't do it again in the end and a lot of the let down i ask you for sanctions the last group to have some anger shouldn't it it's ridiculousness it's ridiculous policy the u.s. has towards iran ok pepe is this all is syria really all about iran because that's what a lot of people say. no no it's not only about the run it is the road to the mosque was a first for all to the mosque has and then a role to run there's no question but it's also trying to syria as the sort of middle man or the passage between iran and hezbollah in terms of the sunni shiite conflict in terms of bum dire bush spur specter in fact if we. take over syria let's put it this way like a hardcore sunni government allied with saudi arabia iran is isolated from the arab world and the later as well from the point of view of isr
bush the iranians were involved in setting up the afghan government in two thousand and one two thousand and two because they had intelligence they want to do and they're going to see if there's a wi-fi and so we have dealt with the iranians before in political settlements and there's no reason we can't do it again in the end and a lot of the let down i ask you for sanctions the last group to have some anger shouldn't it it's ridiculousness it's ridiculous policy the u.s. has towards iran ok...
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bush, by the clinton administration. they almost never work and they're almost always counterproductive. you wind up rattling the cage of what's already an angry animal, and you wind up with more terrorism and more action on the ground. the other point that fouad made that's very important is that bashar al assad probably feels he's in patrol of the situation. i don't think we can dismiss the possibility that he carried out these attacks because of the american warnings, knowing the response would be limited and by his terms the american image would be one of inadequacy. >> you look at that vote in england and the way everybody is looking at syria, it's impossible to escape the specter of iraq. everybody seems to be looking at this through the lens of iraq. >> you're exactly right. the shadow of iraq hangs over this. but everybody has overused iraq. i'll give you one precedent which barack obama would opt for, and in a way it would see us to a proper conclusion, a good conclusion. look at kosovo in 1999. it was waged by
bush, by the clinton administration. they almost never work and they're almost always counterproductive. you wind up rattling the cage of what's already an angry animal, and you wind up with more terrorism and more action on the ground. the other point that fouad made that's very important is that bashar al assad probably feels he's in patrol of the situation. i don't think we can dismiss the possibility that he carried out these attacks because of the american warnings, knowing the response...
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and in 1983 in response to a plan to assassinate former president george h.w bush. in an interview aspen said what we're doing is sending a message against the people who are responsible for planning this operation. if anybody asks the same people to do it again they will remember this message. and experts say this isn't about sending the message to syria at all but to another american enemy next door. >> it's really about the president's credibility when dealing with other countries specifically iran. he has told iran that up a options are on the table including military options to prevent them from gaining nuclear weapon. if he let's it go in syria his deterrent threat in iran is weakened. >> british lawmakers have dealt a major blow to the boom administration by voting against military intervention in syria. simon mcgregor wood has that from london. >> order! >> reporter: bearing bad news. >> the ayes to the right, 272, the nos to the left, 285. >> reporter: his motion asking for support for military action in syria defeated by 13 votes. not a big number but it w
and in 1983 in response to a plan to assassinate former president george h.w bush. in an interview aspen said what we're doing is sending a message against the people who are responsible for planning this operation. if anybody asks the same people to do it again they will remember this message. and experts say this isn't about sending the message to syria at all but to another american enemy next door. >> it's really about the president's credibility when dealing with other countries...
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bush did for both the afghanistan and iraq wars. lauren, you know, this president often called the iraq war, the dumb war. >> well here he is in a very difficult spot. he was elected on the fact that he would slow down those wars, eventually grind them to a halt and now he is in the position of sending a message to assad by these missiles, not ground troops, but sending a message that we will not tolerate chemical warfare. so he is really, having to face becoming a hawk and the problem here i think, the media coverage of this is that the media was burned at the iraq war. they were given false information and ran with it and i think that there is a reluctance this time for people to say, yes, we need to go forward and we need to go forward very strongly. jon: well, and judy, there are many who argue that the president has yet to make a compelling case for america's national interests other than the fact that we deplore the use of chemical weapons? >> well, exactly. even "the new york times" said just that. where's the strategy? we ar
bush did for both the afghanistan and iraq wars. lauren, you know, this president often called the iraq war, the dumb war. >> well here he is in a very difficult spot. he was elected on the fact that he would slow down those wars, eventually grind them to a halt and now he is in the position of sending a message to assad by these missiles, not ground troops, but sending a message that we will not tolerate chemical warfare. so he is really, having to face becoming a hawk and the problem...
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former president george w. bush addressed his recent health and surgery a short time ago. take a listen. >> i had a stent placed into my ladr artery and i'm feeling pretty good. i wish i was a teenager so i could be out on my mountain bike today, but i'm slowly, slowly recovering. >> san diego mayor will step down today following numerous allegations of sexual harassment. a special election for his replacement is set for september 19th. >>> the justice department announced it will not challenge laws that legalize marijuana in washington and colorado. the policy could encourage other states to consider similar laws. for the first time california firefighters are using a drone to help fight the rim fire. drones are also being put to use in other creative ways. look at this music video by phoenix. intermediate with, yep, they used a drone. ♪ (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react
former president george w. bush addressed his recent health and surgery a short time ago. take a listen. >> i had a stent placed into my ladr artery and i'm feeling pretty good. i wish i was a teenager so i could be out on my mountain bike today, but i'm slowly, slowly recovering. >> san diego mayor will step down today following numerous allegations of sexual harassment. a special election for his replacement is set for september 19th. >>> the justice department announced...
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. >> next they all called the president george w. bush at the time so why are these men flip-floping now that they are the ones in charge. >> also tonight, you get to weigh in and select our video of the day. here is a sneak peak at the second possibility the number one rated king of late night that nbc is dumb enough to let go a second time. >> vice president joe biden said today that syria must be held fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on. [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna make everything from posters to do it yourself tattoos. so make sure they've got the sharpies to make their mark. this week only get sharpie five packs for a dollar. staples has it. staples. that was easy. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise
. >> next they all called the president george w. bush at the time so why are these men flip-floping now that they are the ones in charge. >> also tonight, you get to weigh in and select our video of the day. here is a sneak peak at the second possibility the number one rated king of late night that nbc is dumb enough to let go a second time. >> vice president joe biden said today that syria must be held fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but...
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in april 1993, when they launched tom hawks into in an attempt to assassinate george hw bush. in an interview with the washington post aspen said. request experts say this isn't about sending a message to syria at all. but to another american enemy right next door. specifically iran. he has told iran that all options are on the table. to prevent them from gaining a nuclear weapon. if he lets it go, the threat in iran is weakened. >> john, and the question that experts kept raising with me today, over and over again, is why. why would asaad use chemical weapons now, especially when the president has repeated that this is a red line that cannot be crossed? >> in washington, d.c., tonight paul, thank you and as we mentioned the big news from europe tonight, british lawmakers said no to military intervention, and are backing the u.s. if the white house decides to strike. simon mcgregor has more from london. order. >> to the speaker of the british house of commons. bad news for david cameron and his coalition. >> the ayes to the right. the no's to the left, 285. >> his motion askin
in april 1993, when they launched tom hawks into in an attempt to assassinate george hw bush. in an interview with the washington post aspen said. request experts say this isn't about sending a message to syria at all. but to another american enemy right next door. specifically iran. he has told iran that all options are on the table. to prevent them from gaining a nuclear weapon. if he lets it go, the threat in iran is weakened. >> john, and the question that experts kept raising with me...
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. >> next they all called the president george w. bush at the time so why are these men flip-floping now that they are the ones in charge. >> also tonight, you get to weigh in and select our video of the day. here is a sneak peak at the second possibility the number one rated king of late night that nbc is dumb enough to let go a second time. >> vice president joe biden said today that syria must be held accou accountable. unfortunately the obama administration has never employed an accountant so we don't know how to do that. in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms obph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ac
. >> next they all called the president george w. bush at the time so why are these men flip-floping now that they are the ones in charge. >> also tonight, you get to weigh in and select our video of the day. here is a sneak peak at the second possibility the number one rated king of late night that nbc is dumb enough to let go a second time. >> vice president joe biden said today that syria must be held accou accountable. unfortunately the obama administration has never...
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coming up on fox and friends in the lone star state live for us in texas with george w. bush. they are hitting the links for a good cause. plus the car czar is showing you the best cars for a family vacation. don't worry you don't have to get behind the wheel of a mini van. we have options. the final american summer concert series. we saved the best for last justin moore performing on the plaza. stay tuned. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ car sales events.ng, and that means... ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ and now there's a new way to buy: truecar. at truecar.com we'll show you... what others paid for the car you want, so you'll know if that sales price... is a great price. save time, save money, and never overpay. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, to policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiven
coming up on fox and friends in the lone star state live for us in texas with george w. bush. they are hitting the links for a good cause. plus the car czar is showing you the best cars for a family vacation. don't worry you don't have to get behind the wheel of a mini van. we have options. the final american summer concert series. we saved the best for last justin moore performing on the plaza. stay tuned. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving...
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former adviser president george w. bush, karl rove joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, how are you? >> i'm very well. tell me, what is the plan that some states, obviously not all the states have to in some way impede or at least avoid obama care? >> well, everybody i think, a lot of people know about the previous efforts by states to say we're not going to participate in the expansion of medication. obama care expands the number on medicaid by about a third. it pays, the federal government picks up the tab for a number of years and then states get stuck with the tab. a number of states said we're not going to expand medicaid. the latest round involve the so-called navigators. the middle of august, the federal government let contracts involving hundreds of millions of dollars to states to hire so-called navigators. they're supposed to help people navigate the exchanges and buy insurance this fall starting october 1st. some states for example placed licensing restrictions on these people and some have said they can't undertake certain
former adviser president george w. bush, karl rove joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, how are you? >> i'm very well. tell me, what is the plan that some states, obviously not all the states have to in some way impede or at least avoid obama care? >> well, everybody i think, a lot of people know about the previous efforts by states to say we're not going to participate in the expansion of medication. obama care expands the number on medicaid by about a third. it...
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today on fox george w. bush spoke for the first time about this. let's watch. >> president has a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> so george w. bush. so that certainly is those decisions from ten years ago are overshadowing the debate and the american public opinion on this as well. steve clemons thanks so much and chris as well. in speaking out today about the crisis in syria this morning, former president bush gave an update on his health. earlier this month, of course, he underwent surgery to address a blockage in his heart. it was discovered during a routine physical. bush 43 known for active lifestyle is recovering and feeling good but not yet back on that mountain bike. >> i had a stent placed into my l.a.d. artery and i'm feeling pretty good. >> right. >> i wish i was a teenager so i could be out on my mountain bike today. but i'm slowly, slowly recovering. i thought i would be healthy for
today on fox george w. bush spoke for the first time about this. let's watch. >> president has a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> so george w. bush. so that certainly is those decisions from ten years ago are overshadowing the debate and the american public opinion on this as well. steve clemons thanks so much and chris as well....
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. >> that was president george w. bush earlier today, talking for the first time about syria and about the difficult decision ahead of president obama as he weighs whether to take military action. good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. >>> breaking news. president obama is meeting now as we speak with top advisers at the white house and if the president gives the green light to strike syria, he could end up doing it without congress and without america's steadfast a y ally. 8 in 10 said president obama should get congressional approval before any military strike. and some lawmakers say the president hasn't made the case. >> the constitution is very explicit on this. when you go to war, congress must authorize this. both the president and the vice president, once upon a time, before they became in power, understood this. >> the brsh aren't comiitish ar. headlines "the daily news." david cameron's stunning decision not to join the strike after a no vote by his parliament. >> have you spoken to president obama yet?
. >> that was president george w. bush earlier today, talking for the first time about syria and about the difficult decision ahead of president obama as he weighs whether to take military action. good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. >>> breaking news. president obama is meeting now as we speak with top advisers at the white house and if the president gives the green light to strike syria, he could end up doing it without congress and without america's steadfast a y ally....
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in contrast, george w. bush held his fire in an interview with brian kilmeade, sympathizing with his predicament. >> putting the military in harm's way is a tough thing for the president. >> reporter: they're demanding the president call both chambers back to session to debate this out. speaker boehner's office said they haven't ruled out such a move, it would also mean harry reid bringing his chamber back. officials say it is highly unlikely, which is why tonight it is in the president's hands. >> ed henry at the white house, thank you. the chief diplomat is running points on the case for battle at least in public. chief correspondent james rosen has that from the state department. >> some cite the risk of doing things, but we need to ask what is the risk of doing nothing? >> reporter: making the case for a narrowly tailored military action in syria, john kerry vowed the u.s. inciting intelligence as grounds for commencing mid east hostilities is not repeating in syria the mistakes of iraq. >> because we k
in contrast, george w. bush held his fire in an interview with brian kilmeade, sympathizing with his predicament. >> putting the military in harm's way is a tough thing for the president. >> reporter: they're demanding the president call both chambers back to session to debate this out. speaker boehner's office said they haven't ruled out such a move, it would also mean harry reid bringing his chamber back. officials say it is highly unlikely, which is why tonight it is in the...
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in a rare interview this morning, former president george w. bush talked about the enormity of the situation currently going on at the white house. as the president weighs whether to take military action in syria. >> the president's got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. putting our military into harm's way is the toughest decision a president will make. >> here to give us insight into that difficult decision is the former u.s. ambassador to morocco and former middle east adviser mark ginsburg. what i want to talk to you about is the careful line administrations have to tow when dealing with whether or not it's a declaration or war or just military action. we've seen several examples in the recent past including the 1983 invasion of grenada, the bombing of libya in 1986, invasion of panama in '98, et cetera. i think it's important for our viewers to really understand the best way to describe in the clearest sense the difference between using military force and a decla
in a rare interview this morning, former president george w. bush talked about the enormity of the situation currently going on at the white house. as the president weighs whether to take military action in syria. >> the president's got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. putting our military into harm's way is the toughest decision a president will make. >> here to give us insight into that difficult...
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bush. >> as you have said, you look at the poll, we are a war weary nation and to quote christiane a amanpour, we have case of waritis. >>> one of the issues "crossfire" has always covered and will cover in the future is national security and there are some big life-and-death questions. former secretary of defense robert mcnamara and about to be vice president dan quayle are debating america's strength and what we need to do to be safe in the last days of the soviet union. >> let me tell you something, they are proud of their military, they've invested a lot of money and you know what, it works. >> may i just interrupt one second. we shouldn't debunk the u.s. military. there isn't one single senior u.s. military commander who believes the abm system around moscow is anything other than a pile of junk. >> why, mr. secretary, did they put $200 billion in lacer weapons and -- >> they haven't. they put it in air defense that isn't worth a damn and our bombers can penetrate it. >> i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with john berman starts right now. >>> this kind of attack is a challenge to t
bush. >> as you have said, you look at the poll, we are a war weary nation and to quote christiane a amanpour, we have case of waritis. >>> one of the issues "crossfire" has always covered and will cover in the future is national security and there are some big life-and-death questions. former secretary of defense robert mcnamara and about to be vice president dan quayle are debating america's strength and what we need to do to be safe in the last days of the soviet...
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bill clinton, george h.w. bush, ronald reagan. this would be different, would it not? >> no, i don't think so. i think when bill clinton got a nato agreement to attack serbia in the late 1990s because of the serbian attacks on cost so - so -- kosovo, that was another attack there there were no united states interests at stake, what's about to happen here. in both cases there was no chance the security council would agree to u.s. or nato action because of a russian veto. here are two clear cases this notion the u.s. can only act with the security council's approval or act militarily without it would violate the u.n. charter are wrong. >> ambassador bolton, thank you for standing by. we may come back to you in just a moment. we are awaiting the president's remarks. he is in the white house meeting with leaders in the baltic region. we were give an heads-up he would make remarks. here it is. >> everybody set up? obvious obviously, i'm very grateful to have my former presidents here as well as vice president. before i begin i want to say a few things about the situation in
bill clinton, george h.w. bush, ronald reagan. this would be different, would it not? >> no, i don't think so. i think when bill clinton got a nato agreement to attack serbia in the late 1990s because of the serbian attacks on cost so - so -- kosovo, that was another attack there there were no united states interests at stake, what's about to happen here. in both cases there was no chance the security council would agree to u.s. or nato action because of a russian veto. here are two clear...
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the former president george h w bush, defense secretary sounded a lot like president obama. in an interview with the post, aspen said what we are doing is sending a message against the people who were responsible for planning this operation. if anybody asks the same people to do it again, they will remember this message. and experts say this isn't about sending a message to syria at all. but to another american enemy right next door. >> it really is about the president's credibility when dealing with other countries. specifically iran. he has told iran that all options are on the table, including military options. to prevent them from gaining a nuclear weapon. if he lets it go in syria, the threat in iran is weakened. experts kept coming back with why now, when president obam ha has so clearly stated this is a red line. paul, thank you very much. it would seem after listening to those reports that if there was a plan, it has gone terribly wrong. what change was done before the sort of turn tide and began to talk about an attack. >> i think that spoke to their closest allies
the former president george h w bush, defense secretary sounded a lot like president obama. in an interview with the post, aspen said what we are doing is sending a message against the people who were responsible for planning this operation. if anybody asks the same people to do it again, they will remember this message. and experts say this isn't about sending a message to syria at all. but to another american enemy right next door. >> it really is about the president's credibility when...
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squeaky fromm, boom, we saved george h.w. bush. race -- we are stuck. we knew 100 years before the d.c. snipers, while the police let john mohammed go at least nine times, that racial profiles are problematic. the question is, what can we do about it? we need to keep doing what we have just done in new york city where we passed the community safety act, because what is a failure or for national security is a failure for neighborhood security. we need to focus on people's behavior, not on their race. an op-ed last summer said an officer working a neighborhood and he had a black and latino neighborhood and he had a suspect description of a rape suspect. he came across four young ladies sitting on a stoop, and said, have you seen this guy? and then heno. stopped and frisked them. that is the problem with stop and frisk. my grandfather was a probation officer for 40 years. law enforcement is not that different from anything else. if you do one thing, you're not doing something else, so you better be doing the right thing. if you are searching for a rape sus
squeaky fromm, boom, we saved george h.w. bush. race -- we are stuck. we knew 100 years before the d.c. snipers, while the police let john mohammed go at least nine times, that racial profiles are problematic. the question is, what can we do about it? we need to keep doing what we have just done in new york city where we passed the community safety act, because what is a failure or for national security is a failure for neighborhood security. we need to focus on people's behavior, not on their...
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you look good. >> anna: president george bush on deck. >> brian: i just told him he looked good. he said he must have looked like hell before. he looks good now. guys, back to you. >> anna: 11 minutes after the hour. we have headlines. a developing story overnight. terrifying moments during the broncos game. crowds watched as a man fell from the escalator. he was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. good news, he was conscious. no word if alcohol was a factor. >>> also breaking late last night, police in north carolina issuing an amber alert for a little girl you're about to see after she was snatched from a car in a grocery store park lot. the one-year-old girl was inside a car at 9:00 o'clock last night at the food lion in high point, north carolina. moments ago, her grandmother made an emotional plea for her safe return. >> whoever took the vehicle, i'm not sure whether or not you are aware that the baby was in the car or not. once you figured it out, i just want her to be taken to a safe place. >> anna: the vehicle described as a 2003 white chevy suburban with north
you look good. >> anna: president george bush on deck. >> brian: i just told him he looked good. he said he must have looked like hell before. he looks good now. guys, back to you. >> anna: 11 minutes after the hour. we have headlines. a developing story overnight. terrifying moments during the broncos game. crowds watched as a man fell from the escalator. he was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. good news, he was conscious. no word if alcohol was a factor....
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bush and a fox news contributor with us from his home in austin, texas. you wrote a piece in the wall street journal, i know you've got a white board, too, so i'll get you to explain it. you call it the un affordable careless act. actually, that was a great line by the headline writer, but my piece was about the unintended consequences of the bill. president obama never sold the affordable care act to the american people by saying, look, this is going to create more part-time jobs in the place of full-time jobs, and yet that's one of big consequences of the bill. if you take a look at it, under the affordable care act a full-time worker is defined as somebody who works as 30 hours or more a a week, and if you work 30 hours or more a week, your employer has to provide you with health insurance coverage. now, this encourages a disincentive to employ people over 30 hours. the number of people who are working 30-34 hours a week has dropped 146,500 on average a month. the number of people working 25-29 hours a week has risen 119,000 on average per month. so em
bush and a fox news contributor with us from his home in austin, texas. you wrote a piece in the wall street journal, i know you've got a white board, too, so i'll get you to explain it. you call it the un affordable careless act. actually, that was a great line by the headline writer, but my piece was about the unintended consequences of the bill. president obama never sold the affordable care act to the american people by saying, look, this is going to create more part-time jobs in the place...
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if george w. bush had done that i think we would have an impeachment. part of our immigration laws unilaterally suspended by the president when the year before a city could not do that. you know, just a variety of issues like that worry is going outside. you know, we have to engine oil and gas -- system, starred as between congress and the president. at think you will see it continue. but there will be legal cases. all the way back here. i'm going to try and bounce around a little bit. again, we will get to everybody. we will where wells legs out. >> i am a little concerned to find out you were not in support of making the continuing resolution contingent upon removing what optional spending you can. >> i feel very strongly. at think others do. i speak from appointed you -- [applause] >> i think they do, to. >> this is not theoretical for me because two weeks ago today by has been denied paid in cash for our son to have major surgery, 4-hour procedure. that is the price i pay for the liberty of my children. i'm self-employed. anniston the consequence of
if george w. bush had done that i think we would have an impeachment. part of our immigration laws unilaterally suspended by the president when the year before a city could not do that. you know, just a variety of issues like that worry is going outside. you know, we have to engine oil and gas -- system, starred as between congress and the president. at think you will see it continue. but there will be legal cases. all the way back here. i'm going to try and bounce around a little bit. again,...
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it's interesting to know that what the former president, george w. bush, was asked on fox earlier today about what was going on and he was very, very discrete. listen to this. >> i will comment about this. if our president decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. the president has to make a tough call, and i know you're trying to rope him into the issues of the day. i refuse to be roped in. >> in contrast, by the way, to president bush, jimmy carter, his center in atlanta issued a very, very blunt statement saying this, among other things, a punitive military response without the united nation and security councilman date or broad support from nato or the arab league would be illegal and unlikely alter the course of the war. you have a blunt statement from jimmy carter, a much more discrete message from president bush. >> i've heard that and i've heard as long as you don't call them hostilities, you get a lot of leeway. it will be inte
it's interesting to know that what the former president, george w. bush, was asked on fox earlier today about what was going on and he was very, very discrete. listen to this. >> i will comment about this. if our president decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. the president has to make a tough call, and i know you're trying to rope him into the issues of the day. i...
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if you want to see a conscious formed, if you want to see a debate held, george herbert walker bush was president of the united states, jim baker was secretary of state, and they debating going in driving saddam hussein from qu wait where back to baghdad. it won the support of 31 nations. it won the supportave democratic congress. it won the support of united nations, and it won the summit of the american people overwhelmingly. sp that is the way to do it. just because presidents have tried to short circuit it from grenada to iraq now to syria since, if anything that's a modeled for failure, judy. >> woodruff: should-- >> i would say, i'd be in favor of going to the congress. i do agree with that. i have no problem with that and i think this case is actually kind of similar to the iraq war of 1991 in that it was a clear violation of international norms. i'm not sure i'd want to wait for the whole process to play out before we did anything and the war powers act allows for this because that really does look like it delays our reaction so distantly from the atrocity. >> woodruff: but what
if you want to see a conscious formed, if you want to see a debate held, george herbert walker bush was president of the united states, jim baker was secretary of state, and they debating going in driving saddam hussein from qu wait where back to baghdad. it won the support of 31 nations. it won the supportave democratic congress. it won the support of united nations, and it won the summit of the american people overwhelmingly. sp that is the way to do it. just because presidents have tried to...
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if he does follow through he looks as reckless as george w. bush seemed to be in going to iraq. a limited type of strike that the united states is talking about is unlikely to alter the balance of power on the battlefield and help the pfree syrian army all that much. what it might do is accelerate violence, accelerate the process of syria ripping itself apart. >> steven, just to put a period on it, given the calculus as we know it at this moment, do you think there will be a strike or not? >> i think it is unclear. i think it's 50/50 at this point with the british saying no and others saying that there needs to be international legal writ in order to do it. i'll be interested to see what secretary kerry has to say. of course, the administration is speaking bravely and saying that they have the capability to do it alone, which the united states certainly does. but just because you have the capability to do something doesn't necessarily mean that you should. >> surely the consequences are clo climbing down at this stage are huge. >> indeed. that's the corner that the administratio
if he does follow through he looks as reckless as george w. bush seemed to be in going to iraq. a limited type of strike that the united states is talking about is unlikely to alter the balance of power on the battlefield and help the pfree syrian army all that much. what it might do is accelerate violence, accelerate the process of syria ripping itself apart. >> steven, just to put a period on it, given the calculus as we know it at this moment, do you think there will be a strike or...